I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.